Napoli vs Roma

28 October 2018 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Davide Massa

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

Dries Mertens 90’

Stephan El Shaarawy 14’

Match summary

Napoli and Roma shared the points in a 1-1 draw. Roma led 1-0 at half-time.

Stephan El Shaarawy put Roma ahead in the 14th minute, set up by Cengiz Ünder and Dries Mertens equalised in the 90th minute, set up by José Callejón.

Napoli had the better of the chances, with 2.10 expected goals (xG) from 26 shots to Roma's 0.78 from 8.

Match stats

18 Shots 7

6 Shots on Target 5

17 Corners 3

0 Yellow Cards 5

0 Red Cards 0

2.04 xG 0.78

2.04 Non-penalty xG 0.78

11 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Napoli Roma

Kick-off

14’

Stephan El Shaarawy
Assist: Cengiz Ünder

0-1

Half-time0-1

Dries Mertens
Assist: José Callejón

1-1

90’

Full-time1-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Roma

Robin Olsen
Kostas Manolas
Steven N'Zonzi
Lorenzo Pellegrini
Edin Dzeko

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Napoli 2.10 xGRoma 0.78 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Roma attacking Napoli attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David Ospina	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Elseid Hysaj	DEF	71			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kalidou Koulibaly	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Raúl Albiol	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Mário Rui	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.31	1
José Callejón	MID	90		1	4	0.22	0.69	5
Allan	MID	90			2	0.04	0.00	0
Marek Hamsik	MID	76			2	0.06	0.12	3
Fabián	MID	90			2	0.04	0.63	8
Lorenzo Insigne	FWD	90			8	0.65	0.15	3
Arkadiusz Milik	FWD	57			5	0.43	0.02	1
Dries Mertens	Sub	33	1		2	0.63	0.05	2
Kevin Malcuit	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.01	1
Piotr Zielinski	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.03	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Robin Olsen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Davide Santon	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Juan Jesus	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kostas Manolas	DEF	76			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aleksandar Kolarov	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Steven N'Zonzi	MID	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Daniele De Rossi	MID	42			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cengiz Ünder	MID	66		1	1	0.04	0.50	2
Lorenzo Pellegrini	MID	90			1	0.06	0.04	1
Stephan El Shaarawy	MID	90	1		3	0.46	0.00	0
Edin Dzeko	FWD	90			2	0.12	0.06	1
Bryan Cristante	Sub	48			1	0.11	0.00	0
Alessandro Florenzi	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.00	0
Federico Fazio	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Napoli win 55% Bet365 odds 1.72

Draw 25% Bet365 odds 3.75

Roma win 20% Bet365 odds 4.75

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Napoli W W L W W

Roma L W W W L

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Previous and next meeting

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.